CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Andrew Vaughn and Tyler Johnson were named to the Team USA 2020 Summer Olympics Baseball team roster. Joe Girardi will mange the team. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/white-sox-prospects-to-represent-team-usa-as-road-to-olympics-begins-562751651.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxJon Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 1 hour ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Andrew Vaughn and Tyler Johnson were named to the Team USA 2020 Summer Olympics Baseball team roster. Joe Girardi will mange the team. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/white-sox-prospects-to-represent-team-usa-as-road-to-olympics-begins-562751651.html Forgot how fast the Olympics were approaching Would prefer for them to both be in Chicago, but realistically they'll both be up in September of 2020 at the absolute earliest, more likely 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 42 minutes ago, ChiSoxJon said: Forgot how fast the Olympics were approaching Would prefer for them to both be in Chicago, but realistically they'll both be up in September of 2020 at the absolute earliest, more likely 2021 Sox seem to be fast tracking Johnson. He might be up sooner than thought . Not sure if he starts the season in AA since he is doing very well in the 1st half of the AFL season. More likely AA but with the Olympics interrupting his season they might start him higher and after the Olympics maybe Chicago. However that is best case scenario and I don't expect it to play out that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Vaughn will be in Chicago next season. He's going to crush the minors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScootsMcGoots Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 3 hours ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Andrew Vaughn and Tyler Johnson were named to the Team USA 2020 Summer Olympics Baseball team roster. Joe Girardi will mange the team. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/white-sox-prospects-to-represent-team-usa-as-road-to-olympics-begins-562751651.html Wonder if this means Girardi won't be signing with the Cubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominikk85 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 I think with Vaughn it will come down to how good the sox are. Vaughn will be in the minors at least till mid july and if the sox then are good he might come up but if they are 15 games out of first place it might be mid april 21 for service time reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Dominikk85 said: I think with Vaughn it will come down to how good the sox are. Vaughn will be in the minors at least till mid july and if the sox then are good he might come up but if they are 15 games out of first place it might be mid april 21 for service time reasons. With Vaughn I think it’s about whether or not he can have elite wood bat power. I’m not concerned about his ability to hit the ball hard, but I’m not convinced he won’t be more of a doubles hitter than a huge homer guy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 27 minutes ago, fathom said: With Vaughn I think it’s about whether or not he can have elite wood bat power. I’m not concerned about his ability to hit the ball hard, but I’m not convinced he won’t be more of a doubles hitter than a huge homer guy. You’ve said this before many times, so why do you feel this way? The kid has 65 / 70 grade raw power and I’m really curious as to why you think it won’t translate to game power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, fathom said: With Vaughn I think it’s about whether or not he can have elite wood bat power. I’m not concerned about his ability to hit the ball hard, but I’m not convinced he won’t be more of a doubles hitter than a huge homer guy. So then maybe he goes from a Josh Donaldson comp to a Nicholas Castellanos comp. 25 HR, 40-60 doubles, .280+ average, but walks a bit more than Castellanos. That's still a 3+ WAR from a bat-only player. I'm ok with that from our...what....5th best position player in the line-up? Edited October 14, 2019 by ChiliIrishHammock24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 26 minutes ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: So then maybe he goes from a Josh Donaldson comp to a Nicholas Castellanos comp. 25 HR, 40-60 doubles, .280+ average, but walks a bit more than Castellanos. That's still a 3+ WAR from a bat-only player. I'm ok with that from our...what....5th best position player in the line-up? I think I mentioned Rendon as a comp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 43 minutes ago, fathom said: I think I mentioned Rendon as a comp Rendon is a top 10 to 20 hitter in all of all baseball, who cares if Vaughn hits a ton of bombs if he’s that productive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 10 hours ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: Sox seem to be fast tracking Johnson. He might be up sooner than thought . Not sure if he starts the season in AA since he is doing very well in the 1st half of the AFL season. He should've been knocking on the door to the big leagues if he didn't get injured. Was my favorite relief prospect even when Burdi, Hamilton, etc. were getting all the attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 To be clear, Johnson and Vaughn are playing in the November Premier 12 event in which the USA can qualify for the Olympics. If the USA qualifies for the Olympics I'm guessing the team next summer will look very different from this one since you will have guys from this team playing in MLB at that time next year, guys knocking on the door who teams don't want to release to go play, guys who have had their play fall off that team USA won't want, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold's Leg Lift Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 19 hours ago, fathom said: With Vaughn I think it’s about whether or not he can have elite wood bat power. I’m not concerned about his ability to hit the ball hard, but I’m not convinced he won’t be more of a doubles hitter than a huge homer guy. I think he'll be a hitter who hits home runs more than a home run hitter. Fredie Freeman before the super happy fun ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Harold's Leg Lift said: I think he'll be a hitter who hits home runs more than a home run hitter. Fredie Freeman before the super happy fun ball. In his 2016 big breakout year he hit 34 HRs. I'm totally ok with Freeman being a good comp for Vaughn; young freeman was a solidly productive player, age 26-on Freeman has been an offensive force and an MVP candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominikk85 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 On 10/14/2019 at 2:38 AM, Chicago White Sox said: You’ve said this before many times, so why do you feel this way? The kid has 65 / 70 grade raw power and I’m really curious as to why you think it won’t translate to game power. Longenhagen has him at 60 raw which is a bit light for a top 1b prospect (60 game is good but most have raw power half to a full grade below game power so most 60 raw guys are more 50-55 game guys) however he also thinks he has the bat control to get to all of his raw power. I think Vaughn will be able to hit 30+ but he isn't a pete Alonso type of pop guy. But if he averages 27 homers, .285 avg and a .370 obp in his prime years that would be great, basically what they got from abreu in a slightly different fashion (more walk, bit less on the power and avg). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Dominikk85 said: Longenhagen has him at 60 raw which is a bit light for a top 1b prospect (60 game is good but most have raw power half to a full grade below game power so most 60 raw guys are more 50-55 game guys) however he also thinks he has the bat control to get to all of his raw power. I think Vaughn will be able to hit 30+ but he isn't a pete Alonso type of pop guy. But if he averages 27 homers, .285 avg and a .370 obp in his prime years that would be great, basically what they got from abreu in a slightly different fashion (more walk, bit less on the power and avg). More of a Yonder than a Pete (hides) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Does Bmags think that Olympic participation will cause Vaughn to be tired? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Can't wait to see this at 1B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 USA got help from 2 other teams today that they needed to stay alive. They will play Mexico tomorrow for a shot an at Olympic bid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 11 hours ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: USA got help from 2 other teams today that they needed to stay alive. They will play Mexico tomorrow for a shot an at Olympic bid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 USA lost, Scott Brosius was horrible and not sure why the USA went with a 35 year old guy with mediocre at best stuff as their closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 8 hours ago, whitesoxfan99 said: USA lost, Scott Brosius was horrible and not sure why the USA went with a 35 year old guy with mediocre at best stuff as their closer. Scott Brosius? Son of the old Oakland infielder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenericUserName Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 They better bring a better team to the next qualifying event. It will be embarrassing if we don't even make the Olympics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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